Outlander Craft: Claire's Cowl

First of all I'd like to say that I got this pattern from pollyfoofoo.blogspot.com. 

This is a great craft if you're watching re-runs of Outlander. 

First off you need:

• 2 skeins of Lion Brand Yarns Wool-Ease Thick & Quick in the color Barley.

•US 50/25mm needles (mine are made by Loops & Threads.

Directions:

• cast on 17 stitches and make sure your tail is about 60 inches for binding in the end.

• knit until it measures 26-27 inches.

• then bind of and seam the ends together with the tail. 

First things first, the needles are HUGE.

But knitting is easy with them. After probably half an hour, I had this.

Then later on, I had this.

After it measured to about 27 inches in length, it looked like this.

My tension on the left is off, but practice makes perfect. The reason why I have a long tail is because I used it to bind the ends together to form the cowl. 

I absolutely love my end result. I shall be wearing this when winter hits us here in Washington. I feel a lot like Claire in Outlander! Now I need a horse and her dress and mitts. 

Next project is going to be her mitts.